Deuteronomy 6:4-25
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4 (A)“Hear, O Israel: [a]The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 (B)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, (C)with all your soul, and with all your strength.
6 “And (D)these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 (E)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 (F)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 (G)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Caution Against Disobedience
10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He [b]swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities (H)which you did not build, 11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—(I)when you have eaten and are full— 12 then beware, lest you forget the (J)Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 You shall (K)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and (L)shall take oaths in His name. 14 You shall not go after other gods, (M)the gods of the peoples who are all around you 15 (for (N)the Lord your God is a jealous God (O)among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.
16 (P)“You shall not [c]tempt the Lord your God (Q)as you [d]tempted Him in Massah. 17 You shall (R)diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. 18 And you (S)shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, 19 (T)to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.
20 (U)“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt (V)with a mighty hand; 22 and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household. 23 Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He [e]swore to our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to [f]observe all these [g]statutes, (W)to fear the Lord our God, (X)for our good always, that (Y)He might preserve us alive, as it is [h]this day. 25 Then (Z)it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone, i.e., the only one
- Deuteronomy 6:10 promised
- Deuteronomy 6:16 test
- Deuteronomy 6:16 tested
- Deuteronomy 6:23 promised
- Deuteronomy 6:24 do
- Deuteronomy 6:24 ordinances
- Deuteronomy 6:24 today
Proverbs 1:8
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Shun Evil Counsel
8 (A)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
Proverbs 3:12
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12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(A)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 6:20
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Beware of Adultery
20 (A)My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:
(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:1
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Wisdom Loves Righteousness
13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
(A)But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:24
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:24 early
Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(A)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol
Proverbs 28:7
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7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Ephesians 6:1-4
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Children and Parents(A)
6 Children, (B)obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 (C)“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
4 And (D)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (E)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
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